Though
Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might want to see
other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.
We've come full circle:
"Lisp's syntax is based on lists — data structures that Mallavarapu said
are conceptually similar to chunks of XML"
Alberto
> We've come full circle:
>
> "Lisp's syntax is based on lists — data structures that Mallavarapu said
> are conceptually similar to chunks of XML"
Well they do have to make it intelligible to the young savages who
frequent ars ;^)
What is it in Lisp which makes it so suitable for this task?
Steve
maybe the fact that "XML is S-exprs in a drag"? :)
Cheers
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Marco
I wonder if it has been used for other things than biomedical
modeling.
Steve
> What is it in Lisp which makes it so suitable for this task?
in a nutshell, lisp's DSL crafting strengths. See the article for details.